Next to being too late, being too soon is the worst plan in the world.

However, we had our breakfast, and paid the bill; then we sallied forth, and went up George-street, where we found all sorts of vehicles ready to take us to the fair.

We got into one which they called a dilly.

I asked the man who drove it why it was so called, and he replied, because he only charged a shilling.

O'Brien, who had joined us after breakfasting on board, said that this answer reminded him of one given to him by a man who attended the hackney-coach stands in London.